Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Thanksgiving & beyond

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving & then survived Black Friday (I think that is a strange name, but I understand the meaning) & didn't go too much into debt.  Personally, I can't stand shopping like that.  Shop till you drop is not me.  I remember I went to the Mall of America one Friday after Thanksgiving with a girlfriend & her mother.  What was I thinking, never again. I'm not one of those people that can do marathon shopping trips. I'm not saying I don't like to shop, cause I do. My idea of fun is shopping on line.  Cyber Monday is probably my ideal shopping trip.  Ahh, alas, because of my current financial situation I must stay away from my favorite websites.  That will be turned around soon.  Praise God!

I made something for Thanksgiving dinner that I've never made before & I think it turned out quite well.  It was butternut squash roasted with olive oil, balsamic vinegar & rosemary. Not traditional for some members of my family, but for some it was good. I should have taken a picture of it, but didn't. But here is the link to the recipe if anyone is interested.  I follow her blog.

http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2006/11/thanksgiving-on-south-beach-diet.html

Take care,
Rhonda

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Hi all,
I'm entering a give away for an ipad & need to link to the site.  This is actually a great site for financial planning.  The guy who writes it is a Christian, so his principles are Biblical.  Anyway I hope I win the ipod.

http://christianpf.com/how-to-make-money-with-a-blog/

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Rhonda

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Oh my goodness, it has been way too long since I've posted anything. I guess I've been going through some challenging times and because of that I don't always feel like writing. With God's help, I know everything will work out wonderfully. I will stay focused on Him and His will.

One of the things I've always loved doing is sewing. It started when I was in high school & had to take Home Ec. For those of you who are too young to know what Home Ec is, back then girls took Home Ec to learn how to cook, sew, take care of a baby (some of my friends really took that one to heart), not sure if cleaning was part of the curriculum, but the main focus was how to do "womanly" things. The boys took Shop & learned how to use tools, work on cars & I don't know what else, "manly" things. Sort of sexist, don't ya think?

For some reason I got out of doing it, I don't really remember why. I am getting back into it though. I recently took a machine quilting class. I've completed the practice session & am going to do the actual project next.  When I get it finished I'll post a picture of it.  I took a beginning quilting class about 15 years ago. I never quite finished that quilt so I have that one to finish as well. It just needs a few seems sewn together & the binding put on.  Then I took another class for a "round the world" quilt, I finished the top, but never put it together with a back & quilted. That was the main reason I took the machine quilting class. The beginning class was all done by hand & it would take way too long to hand quilt it. It probably wouldn't have taken 15 years, but go figure.  I have so many unfinished projects of various types of crafts that I will be busy until Kingdom Come, as my mom used to say. Little did she know how right she was.

I pray everyone has a safe & Happy Thanksgiving. I will go to my sister's, but first have to drive about 50 miles to pick up my aunt. She is sort of a challenge, because she has dementia & has anger issues. That is a whole other blog topic in itself.

Take care & God bless.
Rhonda